John Ayanoglou

John has over 25 years of accounting, finance, and operations experience, having previously served as CFO of several public companies and a regulated financial institution. As CFO of Equitable Group, Mr. Ayanoglou raised over $130 million of regulatory capital in common, preferred, and debenture offerings over successive transactions, all during a period of extreme capital market turbulence, helping to successfully grow assets under administration from $6.1 billion to over $10 billion to facilitate Equitable Bank in becoming Canada’s ninth largest bank. He was also the CFO and Corporate Secretary of Xceed Mortgage Corporation, where he partnered with an entrepreneurial top team to grow the business through the successful implementation of warehouse financing lines and other securitization programs including public term securitizations of over $700 million.

John has extensive experience as a trusted business advisor working with management teams and boards on business acquisition and consolidation, risk mitigation and turnaround, to establish efficient, effective operations. He is a CA, CPA with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Finance and Economics from the University of Toronto and his ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors and the Rotman School of Business.